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vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:44 pm Her face probably lit up when she smiled.

I hope not, it's already too conspicuous.

''From her late teenage years, Weil would generally disguise her "fragile beauty" by adopting a masculine appearance, hardly ever using makeup and often wearing men's clothes.''

Fashions change. We are used to Hollywood clones who all look as if they've been to the same plastic surgeon and are never seen without full makeup and professional hairdos.

Betty Grable's famous 'million dollar legs', although well formed, look a bit stumpy and ordinary by today's extreme standards.



I always thought 'sex symbol' Mae West was quite the plain Jane.

It appears to me that Nick’s role on this forum is nothing more than being a righteous antagonist, which may be the result of loneliness or a mental disorder... or both. There is no clarity to be reached in his enclosed gaseous cloud of self-serving spew, which no fresh air can reach.

We participate, much as we might at a Fair where there’s a clown holding up balloons and enticing us to throw our darts, while he affronts us with his mad and delusional projections. Many of us take a go at it from time to time, or watch others do so. That’s where the real enlightenment and entertainment comes from... by bouncing off of, and away from, it. There’s no other prize offered.

Why the 'of' after 'off'? Is there a grammar rule I've missed?

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:47 pm Why the 'of' after 'off'? Is there a grammar rule I've missed?

That's what you want to focus on? Are you just wanting to wrestle with someone? Sorry... I can't... I've got to log off...

And I will never understand the American obsession with the trout mouth. Are there any normal people over there?

Lacewing wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:53 pm

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:47 pm Why the 'of' after 'off'? Is there a grammar rule I've missed?

That's what you want to focus on? Are you just wanting to wrestle with someone? Sorry... I can't... I've got to log off...

Just a simple question concerning something that I've always wondered about. Is there any point to the 'of'? I thought 'American English' was supposed to be simplified English for idiots.

You should ALL thank Nicky-A for all his input the reaction to which constitutes most of the output on Philosophy Now forums. Not much else to talk about!

Harbal wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:40 pm

Nick_A wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 5:16 pm If a female atheist has a cute behind it can offer partial compensation.

You normally go for women whose face looks like a behind.

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One day there will be a link dedicated to the genius of Harbal. It will be written something like this and include his most profound observations. The secular world will applaud.

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog ... are-genius

The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943) only lived to the age of 34. But in spite of her brief life she created a body of work that has garnered some impressive compliments. Albert Camus described her as “the only great spirit of our time.” T.S. Eliot wrote that she was “a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to that of the saints.” And according to the American poet Kenneth Rexroth, “Simone Weil was one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth, or indeed of any other century.”

In recognition of her birthday today, February 3, here are quotes that give a glimpse into her genius:

And on Harbal's birthday we will gather and raise a toast to each of his expressions of genius. If Philosophy Now doesn't provide the finest scotch it will be considered a direct insult to Harbal's genius. When Greta starts emoting against this insult it will be one time I will agree with her. How could such an insult be allowed to stand so that the rest of the beautiful people could see. Simply intolerable!

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:58 pm Just a simple question concerning something that I've always wondered about. Is there any point to the 'of'? I thought 'American English' was supposed to be simplified English for idiots.

I can see that there's no point to it. There's really no point to a lot of things we do. And I think American English is overly complicated.

As for the "trout mouth"... I don't see the value/appeal of that either. Maybe we should ask some men...

ATTENTION MEN: What do think of the trout mouth? Do you find it appealing? Why do you think some women want it (as I'm assuming that they're doing it for men)?

I've wondered if women were trying to get Angelina Jolie lips, since she is considered a sex symbol? Personally, I wouldn't want lips like hers. They go with her face.

Lacewing wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:46 pm It appears to me that Nick’s role on this forum is nothing more than being a righteous antagonist, which may be the result of loneliness or a mental disorder... or both. There is no clarity to be reached in his enclosed gaseous cloud of self-serving spew, which no fresh air can reach.

We participate, much as we might at a Fair where there’s a clown holding up balloons and enticing us to throw our darts, while he affronts us with his mad and delusional projections. Many of us take a go at it from time to time, or watch others do so. That’s where the real enlightenment and entertainment comes from... by bouncing off of, and away from, it. There’s no other prize offered.

All this righteous indignation against a person pointing out the psychologically damaging results of secular intolerance. Behold secular genius. Spreading its egoistic self centered philosophy is even more important than protecting the young. Students should be herded and indoctrinated as soon as possible into the idolatry of the Great Beast. Anyone still respecting the young as healthy kernels of life with the potential to become themselves must be condemned out of existence. They are what they should be; atoms of the great beast waiting to be absorbed into the grand collective. Resistance is futile. The projections of Nick_A and that forever damned Simone Weil will be cursed out of existence to the degree that dogs will bark at their graves. The educated have spoken and the Beast applauds

Nick_A wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 7:58 pm

One day there will be a link dedicated to the genius of Harbal. It will be written something like this and include his most profound observations. The secular world will applaud.

http://www.intellectualtakeout.org/blog ... are-genius

The French philosopher Simone Weil (1909-1943) only lived to the age of 34. But in spite of her brief life she created a body of work that has garnered some impressive compliments. Albert Camus described her as “the only great spirit of our time.” T.S. Eliot wrote that she was “a woman of genius, of a kind of genius akin to that of the saints.” And according to the American poet Kenneth Rexroth, “Simone Weil was one of the most remarkable women of the twentieth, or indeed of any other century.”

In recognition of her birthday today, February 3, here are quotes that give a glimpse into her genius:

And on Harbal's birthday we will gather and raise a toast to each of his expressions of genius. If Philosophy Now doesn't provide the finest scotch it will be considered a direct insult to Harbal's genius. When Greta starts emoting against this insult it will be one time I will agree with her. How could such an insult be allowed to stand so that the rest of the beautiful people could see. Simply intolerable!

I've never seen Weil quoted (except by you). Actually a book of Harbal one-liners isn't a bad idea.

Nick_A wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:23 pm

Lacewing wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:46 pm It appears to me that Nick’s role on this forum is nothing more than being a righteous antagonist, which may be the result of loneliness or a mental disorder... or both. There is no clarity to be reached in his enclosed gaseous cloud of self-serving spew, which no fresh air can reach.

We participate, much as we might at a Fair where there’s a clown holding up balloons and enticing us to throw our darts, while he affronts us with his mad and delusional projections. Many of us take a go at it from time to time, or watch others do so. That’s where the real enlightenment and entertainment comes from... by bouncing off of, and away from, it. There’s no other prize offered.

All this righteous indignation against a person pointing out the psychologically damaging results of secular intolerance.

Two questions:
Is that what happened to you?
Is your writing satirical?

Lacewing wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 8:16 pm

vegetariantaxidermy wrote: ↑Sun Aug 06, 2017 6:58 pm Just a simple question concerning something that I've always wondered about. Is there any point to the 'of'? I thought 'American English' was supposed to be simplified English for idiots.

I can see that there's no point to it. There's really no point to a lot of things we do. And I think American English is overly complicated.

As for the "trout mouth"... I don't see the value/appeal of that either. Maybe we should ask some men...

ATTENTION MEN: What do think of the trout mouth? Do you find it appealing? Why do you think some women want it (as I'm assuming that they're doing it for men)?

I've wondered if women were trying to get Angelina Jolie lips, since she is considered a sex symbol? Personally, I wouldn't want lips like hers. They go with her face.

A very important question and I began a thread on it in Gender philosopy called Inner and Outer Beauty

viewtopic.php?f=9&t=22539

All this is taking place as Simone Weil's appearance is being attacked. One thing this thread has proven is that men of inner and outer quality should have at least three wives. The first two should exhibit outer beauty and earn the approval of the Harbals and lacewings of the world. They should be paid for. The state should apply a healthy tax in order to have a wife of great outer beauty.

The third wife should have inner beauty. No tax is necessary since without outer beauty the Beast doesn't desire her. The value of the third wife will rest in the understanding her inner beauty can offer. He will feel and respond the depth of her value knowing it is beyond price. The Beast will say that it is a shame this woman has no value we can tax but at least we have the other two and with faces and asses like they possess they are worth a lot of bucks to the Beast in taxes.

It does seem obvious that since there is such a difference in attitude directed towards women of outer and inner beauty that a man of depth should have at least two wives to appreciate the totality of what a woman can offer

Kids have it rough. First they have to survive abortion. If they get past that hurdle they have to protect themselves from all that is going on in front of their nose on some sort of boob tube having the effect of chaining them to the shadows on the wall in Plato's cave. If they are still sane by the time they start school they are confronted by secular intolerants who only allow "right" thoughts. If for some reason as their indoctrination proceeds they learn of a potential for conscious life outside of the Cave which is actually more natural for their inner needs they will have it ridiculed out of them. Most will inwardly die from the effects of secular intolerance but some will survive and even become great inspirations for those still desiring to be human as they provoke the growls and scowls of the indoctrinated now known as "experts."